Free State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae says she hopes the assistance of the Provincial Government helped ease the pain of the three police constables bereaved families.
The bodies of the constables were retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion, Pretoria, last month.
Letsoha-Mathae was speaking ahead of the funeral service of Constable Keamogetswe Buys at the Grassland Community Hall in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
Even from the family itself, it was emotional, there were a lot of questions and we had to support them. Difficult as it was, but we had to be there as the provincial government and give them support."
Letsoha-Mathae says, "So far, I think the families are a bit calm. The uncle at yesterdays funeral stood up, saying it was not easy, but you made it easy. So those consultations, those engagements, being with them, living amongst them, I really think helped ease the pain that these families were going through."